creates

Brings into existence

Creates is the third-person singular form of create, meaning to bring something into existence.

A novelist creates characters; a chef creates dishes; a policy creates problems.

The word implies agency and intention—natural processes don't create, they produce or generate.

The new law creates incentives for renewable energy.

She creates jewelry from recycled materials.

generates

produces

Creates or yields

  • yieldsGives forth results
  • outputsResults produced by something
  • spawnsProduces young, especially aquatically

causes · triggers · induces · prompts · sparks · stimulates · provokes · elicits · breeds · cultivates

imagines

envisions

Mentally visualizes something

fantasizes · conjures · pictures · conceives · ideates · brainstorms · daydreams · imagines · contemplates · projects

founds

establishes

Creates or sets up

builds · forms · institutes · incorporates · organizes · develops · constructs · assembles · erects · opens

invents

prototype

First functional specimen

  • patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
  • gadgetNovel small device
  • deviceConstructed tool or machine

mechanism · contraption · apparatus · machine · system · process · method · technique · solution · formula

crafts

pottery

Fired clay objects

embroidery · quilting · leatherwork · glassblowing · ceramics · jewelry · sewing · macrame · origami · basketry

artistic

painting

Pigment on canvas

drawing · sketch · collage · mosaic · illustration · composition · masterpiece · installation · mixed-media · print

Categories
Opposites
existence/generation

createsdestroys

Causes complete ruin

annihilates · demolishes · obliterates · ruins · wrecks

originality/derivation

createscopies

Makes identical versions

imitates · replicates · duplicates · reproduces · plagiarizes

active production vs. passive reception

createsconsumes

Takes in completely

depletes · exhausts · uses up · drains · expends

Phrases
Family

create, creation, creative, creator, created, creating, creators

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G